Picture mount and method of making the same



c. N. CROSS Feb. 13, 1945.

PICTURE MOUNT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Filed Dec.y

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.device illustrated `Patented Feb. 13, `1945 l murioA sTATEsff-'PAT ENT oFFICE PICTURE T AND METHOD 0F `lvrAKiNGf;FISHESAME .f Carroll N. cross, Middicoo, Mass.

. Application December 31. 1'9405Serial No. 372,514` 1c claims. icl; infissi) This invention relates' to mounts for photographs or like sheets, and the Objectis toprovide an improved construction which, while cheap to produce, is attractive in appearance, `capable of wide variation in `formand which willserve l. 5

to position the picture securely.

My invention will be well understood by referv enceto lthe following description taken in conf nection with the accompanying drawing, Wherein` f .l 9

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a illustrative of the invention; l

Fig. 2 is a central vertical section therepicture mount through; l I Fig. 2a is a transverse horizontal section `theref through; l l o l l Fig. 3 is a more or less diagrammatic view, partly broken away, showing a. preferred method of making mounts such as are illustrated in Fig. 4 isla central `verticarsection through a modified construction; e o Fig. 5 is a View similar to Fig. 3 showing another method ofmanufacture Vand applicable to l such a structure as seenin Fig. 4 although the `in Fig; 5 is slightly different in proportion; l e l Fig. 6 is a verticalsection online 6-6 ofFig 5; and f produced by the proceeding illustrated in Fig. 5.

Fig. '7 isa rear View of one of the mounts as Examples of such a structure are found in my than the back board providing exposeclpanelsv IG and AI8 at the top and' bottom of the latter which panels are formed; bythe projecting portions of the back board Ill;z Becauseof the provision of It will be understoody that in the sectional` views, Figs. 2, 2a, 4 `and 6, the proportion and relative thickness ofthe various parts which go to make up the structure are necessarily distorted to permit their being clearly shown ina drawing of this'nature. l l l l o l For convenience in the following vdescription and in the `appended claims I will use the=word board`to refer to material which, although thin, is of some thickness and stiffness as exemplified, for instance,` by cardboard or binders `board and as contrasted with paper, cloth or the like which isfreelyexible and more or less limp andtwhich I shall refer toas sheet material.

`Inthe construction of frame-likemounts for unmounted photographs or like thinjv display sheets, to "prevent the photograph from slipping out of alignment with the frame it has beenusual to provide as a part of the structure' a so-called `well board having an opening -or` well of substantially the sizeof the photograph in which the photographis received and whichris overlapped .by the frame member proper which has a sight opening therein `smaller" than the wellopening.

the sight opening I4 in board I2,\the latter has the form of arectangular frame, the upper and lower cross elements of which appear in section in Fig. 2.` Flexible sheet material `2l), such as leatherette paper, coversand is adhesvely sealignment with the cured to the entire exposed front face of the front board I2.and of the panels I6 and I8,thus confmingthe otherwise loose front board I2 closely against the body board I0,the two boards presentingA along the margins of the front `board .closed joints at thettop and bottom and open `joints along the side, which `latter `joints open .tothe interstitial space between theopposed faces of the bodyboard I0 andthe rectangular frame formed by the front board I2, which space surrounds the sight opening I4 as is indicated in Figs. 2 and 2a by the heavy line Through the e Aopen joints at the sides the photograph or similar thinsheet may easily be slid to lie beneath the front board exposed for View through the opening I LyA The covering material 26 where it closes the joint between the lower marginof the front board and the panel I8 at the bottom holds the t bottom barof the frame formed by the front, board pressed closely against the back` board so -asto pinch the lower edge `of the picture, thus preventing it from `slipping down and maintainingitsposition. l

The edges ofthe mountmay'have any desired contour. I have here illustrated an ornamental top contour of thepanel `It'iformed by the upper part'of the body board I0 and coveredon its exe` posed front `face 'by `the leatherette 2U which might representa. portion of aiigure or design Aonpanel I6. The panels` I6 and i8 may be `of any desired `width to receive printing or to provide' for the; attachment` of` such artclesgfasgi calendar pad or the like and printing or other ornamentation of any desired character may be applied `to the front of the mount.

An important advantage of the structure described is the fact that it may be made by means of the method which I willl describe in connectionwith Fig. 3. To permit mounts as shown in Figs. l and 2 to be produced rapidly and economically in multiple, there may be provided a strip of body board of a convenient length corresponding to the width of a plurality of n ished mounts on which may be superposed a strip of board |20 from which the front boards l2 are to be formed, which strip |20 isl narrower. than the strip |00 and located between itsedges. The strip |20 may be imperforate at this stage. For convenience in handling, the strip |20 may be glued tothe strip |00 alonga narrow zone|2| at either end, this portion in the lay-out illus? trated vbeing cutv away as Waste as will hereinafter appear. A strip 200 of fexible material may be coated with. glue and pressedupon `the face of the assemblage, as by passing vthe .same through a bookbinders wringer. The compound strip illustratedy at the left of Fig.`3 may then be severed transversely along` the transverse dot and dash lines shown to `formaplurality of mounts. I have illustrated at the extreme right a zone |2| cut away yas waste and a complete: mount immediately to the leftv of the same as lif it had been severed from the strip and movedy some.- What to the right. In practice thetransverse'cuts may be made simultaneously by a gang opera.- tion, if desired.. The cut may also form the ornamental margin, as indicated by the full line at the top of 4the severed mount at the right .of the iigure and the openings may be cut-through thehitherto imperforate strip |20 by meansof` suitable cutting dies, the stroke of which is -so regulated that they do no1-sever the strip |00 beneath. i

It is to be notedv that in the preceding description the-strips have been designated by a num.-

ber corresponding tothe number applied. in Figs. l and 2 to the partsl'which are. produced from thesestrips with an added zero. l Y l Bythis method the mounts are. very quickly and inexpensively produced, the covering 20 .is accurately and neatly applied over the exposed surfaces, and the mounts may be made of desired contour, as exemplied by the irregular line 4at the top of Fig. 1 and atl the right lin Fig.` 3.

Hitherto in covering individual mounts with leatherette or the` like the margins have-been turned over andoverlapped alongthe four sides,

a costlyoperation invention.

Obviously the body board could be covered with flexible material in a similar manner. In Fig. 4

dispensed 'with in the present I have illustrated a mount with an additional 'back board 22 applied thereto which is secured to the irontboard` by an extension of the covering material 20 'thereoven which, however, is

-folded over Vat the top and-the bottom only and by a simple fold, there being f no necessity of forming a folded corner. The edges of the covering sheet may be .butted or overlapped along the back, but in order not to complicate the drawing I have not attempted to show these edges in Fig. 4 or in Fig. 6l hereinafter. I, have illustrated an easel 20 and-a support 26 therefor, such as are shown inmy Patent No;` 2,240,209, formed from this back board 22 each by a cut which does not Vform a closed Vligure.` as in the case Aof the rectangle :which formsthe sight openingl VUl but dicated in Fig. 3 by the addition of an additional Vstrip to provide material for the back board 22 although a construction wherein the back board 22 of the same varea as the body 'board I0 is secured bythe covering material 20 implies substantially straight edges at the top and bottom of the mount around which the covering material y may be lfolded.

` In: Fig. 5I have illustrated a method of construction diiiering slightly from that `of Fig. 3

and one wherein there may be utilized agstrip to form back boards, the resultant mounts, `however, ,differing somewhat from the one illustrated in Fig, 4. In the construction shown in Fig. 5`

I utilize a body-forming strip |00 `of a width suicient to permit more than one mount of desired height, herein two, to be cui; therefrom in transversealignment. The materialior the front board I2 is superposed on the body strip |00 vto l provide exposed mareinsrl and one. or more exposed intermediate longitudinal zones such as |80. Preferably this material takesthe form of astrip, 20 cui; away along itsmarginsandslotted along longitudinal zones, as illustrated in full lines at the left of Fig. 5, and by this construe.-

tion there is provided a marginal end portion`|2| l of full width which4v is c Jm1f en .i4 ent` incorrectly' assemblingthe strips |00 and |20 and along which they may be glued together for oonvenience.V in handlingras in the case of the strips inY Fig. 3. The covering material 200 may be applied asin the case o f Fig. 3 and the strip severed, but

not only along the transverse `lines but also lengthwise along the longitudinal zone vso that kfrom each transverse section of the strip in the example illustratedv two frames are formed, the openings |4 being cut asbefore.

If in Fig. 5 the longitudinal cutI were omitted,

the resultant transverse segment of the strip WouldA ,Servo as an example of amount having more than one sieht. opening, constructed to.

maintain a picture or like sheet in positionrelative ,toY each opening. without" danser o fl slipping.

In order to provide a back board 22 in a conf struction,such as is illustrated atthe right of Fig, 5, a strip or strips 220 of back-board-form.- ing material may be superposed on the back of the body strip |20 in such a lmanner as to eX- pose azone thereof corresponding to the zone |80 on the front face, asis best illustrated in Fig. 6. The back-boardfforming material 220 is then secured by the folded-over coveringma.-

terial 200 along the outer edgesand, at the location ofthe zone |80, by the extension of the covering material past the'edge of the Strip into adhesive contact with the exposed race ofthe body board at the zoney I 80. In the severed;mounty as illustrated by the rear. view, Fig. 7, theedge of .the back board which in the blank of Figs. 5 and 6 lies adjacent the zone |80 is spaced from that odge of the body board which is formed by thelongitudinal cut in Fig 5 and'whiQ-hfirl Fig. 7 is the top edge, and these parts are united along `this `tolo edge of the book. board by the overlying covering .material 20. easel l24| may .be out from the back, board 22.` as in the caseof -Fig..,4 or cuts may loe made adiaoontthe edge o t. the

back boardwlntersecting suohredgexfor instance, i vto sever a portion 28 of they-back boardrwlloh, however. will remain seouredto the structure by bodied in other specific forms withoutdeparting from the spirit or essential attributes thereof, and I therefore desire the present embodiment to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive; reference being had to the appended claims rather than to the foregoing de- `scription to indicate the scope ofthe invention. l

I claim: L 1. `A picture mount comprising a body board,

an apertured board loosely superposed thereon to define between the opposed faces of the boards an interstitial space surrounding the aperture,

at least the lower edge of the apertured board being spaced abovethe lower edge` of the body board to expose an extended area of the latter,

and a covering of sheet material securing the boards together secured to the front of the aperthereof and secured to the face of the aforementioned area toprovide a sealed joint at the said lower edge of the apertured board maintaining it firmly against the underlying face of the body board 'to position the lower edge of a picture the margins of which are received in the interstitial s space.

2. A picture mount comprising a body board, an apertured board loosely superposed thereon to define between the opposed faces of the boards an interstitial space surrounding the aperture,

at least the lower edge of the aperturedboard" being spaced above `the lower edge of the body board to expose an extended area of the latter, and a covering of sheet material over the entire front face of the structure secured to the front of the apertured board and extending across the lower edge thereof and secured to the face of the aforementioned area to provide a sealed joint at the said lower edge of the apertured board maintaining it firmly against the underlying face of the body board to position the lower edge of a picture the margins of which are received in the interstitial space, the covering terminating at a side edge of the apertured board to provide an open joint through which the picture may be inserted into said space.

3. A picture mount comprising a body board, an apertured board loosely superposed thereonto define between the opposed faces of the boards an interstitial space surrounding the aperture, at least the lower edge of the apertured `board being spaced above the lower edge of the body board to expose an extended a'rea of the latter, and a covering of sheet material securing the boards together secured to the front of the `apertured board and extending across the lower edge thereof and secured to the face of the aforementioned area to provide a sealed joint at thesaid lower edge of the aperturedboard maintaining it firmly against the underlying face of the body board to positionthe lower edge of a picture the margins of which are received in the interstitial Atured board and extending across thelower edge an apertured board of like width and lesserheight loosely superposed thereon flush with thek side edgesand spaced from at least one of` the end edges thereof and dening therewith an interstitial space surrounding the aperture, and a covering of sheet material overlying said apertured board andthe face of the body board where it extends beyond the same and adhesively secured thereto to join them, said covering terminating at the margins of the aperture and at the l side edges.

5. A picture` mount comprisingla body board,

`an apertured board loosely superposed thereon to `deflnebetweenthe opposed facesof the boards `an interstitial space surrounding the aperture, `at least the lower edge of the apertured board `being spaced above the lower edge of the body board to expose an extended area of the latter, and a covering of sheet material securing the boards together secured tothe front of the apertured board and extending across the lower edge thereof and secured to the face of theafore-mentioned `area to provide a sealed joint at the said lower edge of the apertured board maintaining itflrmly against the underlying face of the body board to position the lower edge of a picture the margins of which are received in the interstitial space, the structure presenting a slit remote from said lower edge of the apertured board providing forthe insertion of the picture into such inter- 1 stitial space.

, 6. A picture mount comprising a `body board, an apertured board loosely superposed thereon to define between the opposed faces ofthe boards an interstitial space surrounding the aperture, the upper and lower edges of the apertured board being spaced from the corresponding edge of the back board to expose substantial areas of the back board above and below the apertured board, and a `covering of sheet material of no greater area than` the body board superposed on the front `face of l the boards, secured tothe front face of the apertured board, extending past the upper and lower edges thereof and securedto said areas.`

'7. A method of forming picture mounts comprising superposing on a relatively wide strip of `board a strip of board relatively narrow throughout at least a greater portion of its length, ad-

hesively securing to the` exposed upper faces a strip offlexible sheet material wider at least than the narrow strip, dividing the strips transversely into a plurality of mounts and cutting sight openings through the narrow` strip andthe sheet material covering the same.

8. A method of forming picture mounts com#- lprisingsuperposing on a relatively wide strip of board a strip of board relativelynarrow throughout at least a greater portion of its length and securing them together by attachment in zones of restricted length longitudinal thereof, "adhesively securing to the exposed upper faces a strip of flexible sheet material wider at least .than the narrow strip, dividing the strip transversely into aplurality of mounts by cuts. remote from said zones to provide in the out sections` open joints between the boards, and cuttingsight openings in.V one of said strips between the lines of space, the structure presenting a slit olf from the face thereof providing for insertion of the picture into such interstitial space. l

4. A ipicture mount comprising a body board,`

,1 plane` between` the strips.

`division and within the superposed areas of the the assembly to the strips from the one face of 9. A -method of forming picture mounts comprising superposing on a relatively wide body strip of board a front strip of board relatively narrow throughout at least the greater portion of its length and a back strip, securing them 4 "together by adhesively securing `aY strip of Ilexi- 'ble material to the exposed lront faces andhby folding over marginal portions of` thev strip and adhesively securing them to the back strip, and cuttingv mount-forming sections from the assembly by cuts including transverse' cuts providing in the resultant sections open joints between the front and body boards, and cutting sight. openings through the narrow stripy and the flexible material covering the same.4

10. A method of forming picture mounts comprising super-posing on a strip of boa-rd a second strip vof boar'dhof such shapeand dimensionsv as to leave the first strip exposed in at least the greater portion of the length of the assemblage along amargin and along a zone extending between the sides, securing' the strips together by a strip of ilexible sheetl material adhesively united to the front face of said sec-4 ond strip and to theexposed surface of the first strip along said margin and zone, dividing the strip by transverse cuts andra longitudinal cut along such zone, and cutting sight openings in one of said strips between the lines of division and within the superposed areas of the strips from the one face of the assembly to the plane between the strips. l

1l. A method of forming picture mounts comprising superposing on a strip of board narrow strips of board in spaced relation to define an exposed longitudinal zone of the first board between them, securing them together by a strip of flexible sheet material adhesively united to the front face of said second strip and to the exposed surface of the irsty strip along said zone and anchored along the sides of the assemblage, dividing the strip by transverse cuts and a longitudinal cut along such zone, and cutting sight openings in one of said strips between the lines of division and within the superposed areas of the strips from the one face of the assembly to the plane between the strips.

l2. A picture mount comprising a pair'of boards loosely superposed one on another to define an interstitial space between the opposed faces thereof, one of the boards being of smaller area than the other and having atleast its lower edge spaced above the lower edge of the larger board. to expose an extended area of the latter, one

` of said boards having an aperture therethrough of lesser area than the smaller board and located within the periphery of thesame to provide a framed opening, and/means for securing the boards together comprising sheet material secured-to the exposed face of the smaller board and extending across the lower edge thereof and secured tothe face of the aforementioned-extended area to provide a sealed joint atthe said lower edgeof the smaller board maintaining it rmly against the face of the larger board vto position the lower edge of a picture the margins of which are received in said interstitial space in the region surrounding said aperture.

13. A picture mount comprising a pair of boards loosely superposed one on another to=dene anfinacca-43s boards haringen-aperture therethrough of lesser arear thanthe smaller board and located within `the periphery of the same to providea framed opening, and means for securingy the boards to:- gether comprising sheet material secured to the exposed. face. of the smaller board and extending across they lower edge thereof` and secured to the face of the aforementioned extended area toA provide a sealed joint at the said lower edge `of thesmaller board maintaining it firmly against the face. of. the larger board to position the lower edge of a picture'the margins ofwhich are received in said interstitial space in the region surrounding lsaid aperture, the sheet material terminating at a side edge of the. smaller board to provide an open joint, through which the picture may be inserted into said space.

14. A picture mount comprising a pairv of boards loosely superposed one on another to define an interstitial-space between the opposed faces thereof, one4 of the boards being of smaller areathan the other and having. its upper and lower edges versely into aV plurality of mounts and cutting .sight openings in one of said strips between the spaced'rorn the corresponding edges of the larger board to expose substantial areas of the larger board above and below the same, one. 0f the boards having an Laperture therethrough of lesser area than the smallerfboard .and located within thefperiphery of the` same to deiine a framed opening, and means for securing the boards togather. comprising sheet material of no greater outer dimensions thanL the larger board super- .posed on' the exposed face of the smaller board, extending past the .upper .and lower edgesof said smaller boardV and secured to said exposed areas.

l5.` A methodof forming picture mounts comprising. superposing on a relatively Wide strip ofv `board a strip of board relatively narrow` throughout .at least a greater portion of its length, adhesively securing to the exposed upper faces a strip of flexible sheet vmaterial .wider at least than the narrow strip, dividing the strip translines of division and within the superposed areas of the strips fromvthe one face of the assembly tov the plane between the strips. i

16. A picture mount comprising a pair of boards loosely superposed one on another to denne an interstitial space between the opposed i aces thereof, one of the boards being of smaller area than the other and having at least one of its edges spaced from the corresponding edge of the larger board to expose an extended area of the latter, one of said boards having an aperture therethrough of lesser area than lthe smaller board and located within theperiphery of the same to l ing the boards together comprising. sheetmaterial secured to the exposed facejoi theV smaller board and extending across thev said one vedge thereof and secured tothe face of the afore- -:mentioned area to provide a sealed joint at the said: one edge of the smaller board maintaining it firmly against the face of the larger board to position the edge of' a picture the margins of which are. received in said interstitial space :in the. region surrounding said aperture.

CARROLL N. Cnoss.

provide a framed opening, and means for secur- CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Patent No. 2,569,L1.58.' I Fehruary l5, 19145.

" CARROLL N. CROSS It is hereby certified thaterror appears in the printed specification of the above Inumbered patent requiring oorreotion as follows: Page lL, seoond eolumnlline h2, claim l5, for "strip" second occurrence read strips; and that the said Letters Patent shouldbe'read with this correction therein that .the-same may conform to the record of the oase in the Patent Offioe;

Signed and sealed this 15th day of May, A. D. 19).;5.

Leslie Frezen (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

